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Era 2 · six years after The Bands of Mourning

The Lost Metal

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The Era 2 finale: Wax, now a senator, faces the threat that has been growing since The Alloy of Law

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Not required. It's left out of the main story but is part of the full chronological order.

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Quick recap

Six years later, Wax is a senator, married to Steris, with kids. Marasi and Wayne, now constables, find weapons headed to Bilming, a city Harmony can no longer see. Telsin, working for Trell, plans to set off a bomb made from a new metal in Elendel, powerful enough to level the city. Marasi is recruited by an offworld secret society led by Kelsier and stops an invasion by shutting down the enemy's portal. Wax and Wayne confront Telsin, but the bomb is already on a ship bound for the city. It can be defused, but whoever does it will die. Wayne sacrifices himself to save Wax and the city. Telsin dies when Trell abandons her. Elendel raises a statue to Wayne, and Wax goes on with his family.

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Trivia

  1. Behind the scenesFour years late

    The title was announced in 2014. It was set for 2018, slid to 2019 and finally came out in November 2022, after Sanderson squeezed in the Skyward series.

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  2. Behind the scenesHalf a million copies

    The first US printing was 500,000 copies. It debuted at No. 2 on the New York Times list.

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  3. Behind the scenesAn ending written three times

    Sanderson wrote Part Three's three arcs separately, so he wrote the ending three times. The epilogue runs long because he wanted more time with the characters.

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  4. ReferenceThe most Cosmere-aware

    Sanderson calls it the most Cosmere-aware book in the series. The main link is to a story in Arcanum Unbounded, and a worldhopper shows up.

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  5. SetupToward Era 3

    The ending points to what's next. Era 3, not out yet, is set to take place on a Scadrial with 1980s and 1990s technology.

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